Amagandhi, Āmagandhi, Ama-gandhi, Amagamdhi: 9 definitions

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Amagandhi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Amagandhi in Sanskrit glossary

Āmagandhi (आमगन्धि).—n. smelling of raw meat of a burning corpse.

Āmagandhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms āma and gandhi (गन्धि).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āmagandhi (आमगन्धि).—n. (-ndhi) A bad and cadaverous smell, like that of raw meat or burning corpse. E. āma raw, &c. and gandhi smell.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āmagandhi (आमगन्धि):—[=āma-gandhi] [from āma] mfn. smelling like raw meat or smelling musty, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āmagandhi (आमगन्धि):—[āma-gandhi] (ndhi) 2. n. A bad and cadaverous smell.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āmagandhi (आमगन्धि):—(1. āma + ga) n. Geruch von rohem Fleische (oder von einem brennenden Leichnam) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 21.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1392.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Āmagandhi (आमगन्धि):—gandhika und gandhin ([Galano's Wörterbuch]) Adj. muffig riechend.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Amagandhi in Kannada glossary

Āmagaṃdhi (ಆಮಗಂಧಿ):—[noun] that which is smelling of raw meat or of a burning corpse.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Amagandhi in Pali glossary

āmagandhi (အာမဂန္ဓိ) [(na) (န)]—
[āma+gandha]
[အာမ+ဂန္ဓ]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

āmagandhi—

(Burmese text): စိမ်းညှီသောအနံ့။

(Auto-Translation): Green scent.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)
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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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